The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1713, 30 June 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1874.

We publish in another portion of our present issue what the writer calls " A Hard Case; " and after perusing it we think our readers will agree with us that it presents features of an exceptionally harsh character, when it is remembered that the sufferer is a woman and a widow. With reference to the proceedings of the Thames creditors we have nothing to say farther than that their conduct contrasts rather unfavorably with that of the Auckland creditors!, who have shown Mrs Colclough every consideration although their claims are of much older date. If the statements contained in " A Friend's ".account of Mrs Colclough's troubles be correct (and we have no reason to doubt it) she has been harshly* treated by the Trustee in Bankruptcy, and the publicity now given to the matter may have the . effect of remedying his action, which, even if it be proved to have the sanction of law, has certainly not been tempered with that mercy which might have been extended towards a woman.

The Thames built eteamer Emu has, it ttoulcl appear, .received her finishing touches in Auckland and is now ready for sea. The Cros3 says'of this specimen of local industry : —The new auxiliary screw schooner Emu, built to the order of Messrs. Stone Brothers, after having her engines fitted and being completely furnished at Messrs. Fraser and Tinne's yard, made a preliminary cruise in harbour on Saturday morning, which resulted satisfactorily, the engines working, smoothly. She iB now lying in the stream, and is, we understand, fully ready to proceed to seu, bub owing to the absence of Captain Nancarrow, Government Engineer, from Auckland, cannot yet be allowed to do so. Unfortunately there ia at present no Besident Engineer in Auckland authorised by the Government to grant steamers a certificate. From this omiscion owners of steamer» built here not only suffer, but the port itself obtains a bad reputation.

The following appears in the obituary column of the Coromandel Mail: —" Death. —King.—On the 23rd instant, at Grahams - town, John King, deeply regretted by all political friends. , 'Blessed is he that expecteth nothing;,'-; for verily he shall not be disappointed.' The funeral will leave the wharf on the arrival of the s earner from Auckland with the body. Friends will please accept this intimation." In the local column of the same paper and issue, appears the folowing :—" It is our painful duty to record the death (politically) of a de-p and valued friend (?) Mr. John-King. Whatever may have been our feelings towards him during his career as a public man, and we are bound to confess that they were at times tinged with animosity, we bury them in his political grave, and we sincerely trust that he shall not rise again to a new life and career. It has been intimated to us that the funeral cortege will leave Bremner's Wharf Hotel ten minutes afier the arrival of the tteamer. A large concourse of mourners is expected." Eobert Kidd, L.L.B. has certainly undertaken a nice nuty in assuming editorial control of such a print.